Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-73not60
§1120 Murder by Escaped Prisoners
Title 18 › Part I— CRIMES › Chapter 51— HOMICIDE › § 1120
Summary
If a person escapes from a federal prison where they were serving a life sentence and then kills someone, they face the same punishments that apply to murder under sections 1111 and 1112. Federal correctional institution — what counts as a federal prison (see section 1118). Term of life imprisonment — what a life sentence means (see section 1118).
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Title 18, §1120
Crimes and Criminal Procedure — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)In this section, “Federal correctional institution” and “term of life imprisonment” have the meanings stated in section 1118.
(b)A person, having escaped from a Federal correctional institution where the person was confined under a sentence for a term of life imprisonment, kills another shall be punished as provided in section 1111 and 1112.
Legislative History
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Amendments
1996—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 104–294 substituted “Federal correctional institution” for “Federal prison”.
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18 U.S.C. § 1120
Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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